Scientific English: A Guide for Scientists and Other Professionals, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Day, Robert A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0897749898 ISBN 13: 9780897749893

Publisher: Greenwood Press, 1995

Synopsis

This volume explains complex grammatical concepts in clear, uncomplicated language, illustrating how simple the communication process can be when one understands and follows a few basic rules. The author's forceful style, enjoyable wit, and direct coverage of each area of grammar make Scientific English a valuable and readable pocket guide and desk reference for the writers, editors, and students who want to communicate in the most concise manner possible.

About this title

About the Author

ROBERT A. DAY is professor of English at the University of Delaware, Newark, where he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in scientific and technical writing. For 19 years, he directed the publishing program of the American Society for Microbiology and served as managing editor of the Journal of Bacteriology plus eight other journals published by ASM. He was also the director of the ISI Press and vice president of the Institute for Scientific Information. Day is past-president of the Society for Scholarly Publishing and past-chairman of the Council of Biology Editors. He frequently gives seminars and workshops on scientific writing and has written extensively on all phases of scientific writing, editing, and publishing. Among his publications are How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper and Scientific English: A Guide for Scientists and other Professionals, both published by Oryx Press.

Edition details

• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0897749898
• ISBN 13: 9780897749893
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 160